Why are independent agencies separate from the executive branch? A. Independent agencies serve limited purposes within all three branches of government. B. Independent agencies do not share any of the responsibilities of the executive branch. C. Independent agencies serve many purposes across all three branches of government. D. Independent agencies have areas of responsibility that fall outside the executive branch.

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.